Page 28 - 2019 December E-issue

News From Professional Firms

CHA News
Daedalus Projects & JBS Project Management Are Now CHA
CHA Expands Service Suite with Full Integration of Recent Acquisitions
CHA Consulting, Inc. (CHA), a highly diversified, Bringing our project management and cost estimating
full-service consulting engineering firm, announces services under the CHA brand reaffirms our aspiration
its recent acquisitions, Daedalus Projects and JBS to elate our clients by offering them a truly one-stop-
Project Management, are now fully integrated into shop for design, engineering and project management,
CHA. This integration bolsters CHAs one-stop-shop said Michael Carroll, CHA President and CEO. We
suite of services to include project management and have integrated our teams and service portfolio under
cost estimating and provides unified solutions to clients a stronger, united brand as we continue to responsibly
under one brand. improve the world we live in.

Daedalus Projects in Boston, MA, was acquired by CHA The complete integration and rebranding of these
in March 2019 followed by JBS Project Management, two market leading project management firms as CHA
located in New York City, in July 2019. Both firms aligns with our strategic approach to providing clients
have decades of experience in project management. with fully integrated solutions and seamless delivery of
Daedalus has traditionally focused on education services,” said Chief Strategy Officer Jim Stephenson.
and municipal construction in Massachusetts for a The integration further supports our approach to
wide variety of building types while JBSs project and serving clients with extensive resources and consistent
construction management expertise and experience is delivery from across the enterprise and throughout the
primarily in the commercial, residential and hospitality firm’s entire geographic footprint.” q
markets.

Professional Firms Employee News
CHA News

CHA Announces New Staff in Albany and Jason Hollander Joins CHA as Assistant Project Engineer

CHA Consulting, Inc. (CHA) announced three new employees have joined the company.

Caroline Hurlburt has joined the firm as a scientist. Caroline is a former health and safety intern returning to the
firm full time. She received her B.A. in geological sciences from the State University of New York at Geneseo.

Christopher Hourigan has joined the firm as an assistant engineer providing geotechnical engineering assistance.
He graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with his BS in civil engineering.

James Littlefield has joined the firm as a senior construction estimator. James has more than 35 years of
experience as a project manager and estimator. He has assisted with estimating, project controls, scheduling
and management, program and project life cycle budgets, scoping, and change management for construction,
substation and transmission/distribution projects. He is an M.S. candidate in construction management at
Columbia University

Jason Hollander has joined the firm as an assistant project engineer. Jason has five years
of electrical engineering experience and is skilled in creating drawings and diagrams. He
has overseen component layout drawings, wiring diagrams, interconnection diagrams, wire
markers spreadsheets, and component identification labels spreadsheets. He received his
B.S. in electrical engineering from Clarkson University. q

Michael Short, AIA
Jason Hollander
28 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER DECEMBER 2019 news from professional firms | professional firms employee news